News_0809_LLakeTahoeLetter_full_teaser.jpg Lake Tahoe shows how climate change is altering ecosystems, habitats, and the communities that depend upon them, said AAAS CEO Rush Holt. | Maislam/AdobeStock The fastest rise ever recorded in the average water temperature of Lake Tahoe raises fresh...

AAAS Leadership contenders are announced. | AAAS AAAS CEO Rush Holt announced on 9 Aug. the candidates for President-Elect and the Board of Directors vying in the 2016 AAAS annual election. AAAS members in good standing will have the opportunity to vote for candidates for President-Elect, the Board...

News_0707_Zika briefing_teaser.jpg Researchers report progress in developing vaccine to protect against Zika. | Gordon Zammit/AdobeStock Three different types of Zika vaccines are effective at protecting rhesus monkeys from the virus, according to analysis published in the 5 August, 2016 edition of...

News_0804_brainTumor_twothird.png The image depicts a brain giving rise to two trees, one healthy and one dying, to illustrate tumors that come from the same brain tissue can have vastly different prognoses. | Jae-June Lee Computational biologist Roel Verhaak’s work on a new classification system...

news_0803_turkeymap_full.jpg AAAS is among eight science societies that signed a letter to Turkey's president to express concern for the country's scientific community. | twixx/Adobe Stock As the Turkish government restores order after the failed coup, the American Association for the Advancement...

Scientific research can inform policies aimed at addressing the needs of communities displaced by climate change, something that is already happening in the United States and around the world, according to experts at a 25-26 July meeting of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition. Research...

Integrating perennial plants with longer root systems among crops is an agricultural strategy that can simultaneously produce more food, and improve soil quality, said Jerry Glover, a senior sustainable systems advisor at USAID. Glover delivered his remarks at AAAS headquarters in Washington, D.C...